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Filioque Filioque is a theological formula of great dogmatic and historical importance. On the one hand, it expresses the Procession of the Holy Ghost from both Father and Son as one Principle; on the other, it was the occasion of the Greek schism. Both aspects of the expression need further explanation. Dogmatic meaning of filioque The dogma of the double Procession of the Holy Ghost from Father and Son as one Principle is directly opposed to the error that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Father, not from the Son. Neither dogma nor error created much difficulty during the...

.Some time ago, I called needhim.org to discuss the Trinity and find out if I’m missing something or if Christians really just can’t count. The lady who answered the phone, Donna, described the Trinity as “really cool”, and told me that the Father = God, the Son = God and the Holy Ghost = God. I was a little confused and tried to explain the biblical narrative in these terms. The Holy Spirit (God) has sex with the Virgin Mary to impregnate her with Jesus (God). Later, Jesus (God) is sacrificed by the Father (God) to save us from… God?...

Not only is Mormonism a Christian faith, it is the truest form of Christianity, said speaker after speaker on the first day of the 177th Semiannual LDS General Conference. LDS authorities were responding to the allegation that Mormonism isn't part of Christianity. Made by different mainline Protestant and Catholic churches and repeated constantly during coverage of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, the claim is based on Mormonism's beliefs about God, its rejection of ancient ideas about the Trinity still widely accepted, and the LDS Church's extra-biblical scriptures. "It is not our purpose to demean any person's belief nor the doctrine of...

I believe in the one true GOD I believe there is only one true GOD. Only the GOD of the bible is real; others are demonic counterfeits created to draw you away from the one true GOD. The bible doesn’t argue for the existence of GOD because it is his word and the existence of GOD is taken as fact. GOD is the ultimate supreme Spirit in which all things have their source, support and end. It is a scientific fact that matter cannot be created or destroyed. I believe that is because only GOD can create and destroy matter....

Are Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism the same? The word Filioque if Latin for and from the Son. (The word, by the way, is usually pronounced, "Fili-o-kway.") Several centuries before the Great Schism some parts of the Western Church inserted this word into the Latin translation of the Nicene Creed, in the section dealing with the Holy Spirit, thus teaching that the Holy Spirit proceeds both from the Father and from the Son. The Pope of Rome at first refused to approve an official addition of the Filioque, though it was tolerated in some areas formally under his jurisdiction. Pope...